Angus Deaton Quotes

Parents tend to value their lives more highly than people without kids, but they're different in lots of ways: They're richer. They're better educated. They're healthier.

Angus Deaton

Recitation: by Male by Female

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ValueParentsPeopleBetterMore

You may not know it, but at the far end of despair, there is a white clearing where one is almost happy.

Joan Baez

HappyEndYouWhiteKnowDespair

If I don't enjoy it, there's something seriously wrong. There's a reason why they call it playing, what we do. It's ecstatic fun, and I overdo it - I mean, I can't seem to stop - people ask me to act, and I say yes.

John Lithgow

FunPeopleMeEnjoyWrongStop

I'm not a dogmatic, purist psychopath. There's an unfair image of me - mean, crazy, hostile. I'm really a very gentle person.

Michael Heizer

MeCrazyPersonUnfairMeanImage

I have a huge admiration for the ability of people to go, 'I don't care if it can't happen. I don't care if you say it's impossible. I am gonna do it anyway.' I think it's an amazing part of human nature. It feeds into faith and belief in human beings to not only do the improbable but almost the impossible.

Simon Beaufoy

NatureFaithI AmPeopleAmazing

Like a lot of kids, you kind of think baseball's boring - that's the perception.

Tony Gwynn

BaseballPerceptionThinkYouBoring

As everyone knows, I have never been a fan of George Bush's presidency.

Tom Tancredo

NeverEveryonePresidencyBeenFan

Never give up. And most importantly, be true to yourself. Write from your heart, in your own voice, and about what you believe in.

Louise Brown

Never Give UpHeartYourselfBelieve

I write about six to seven hours a day, five days a week, unless I'm traveling.

Jason Reynolds

DayWeekWriteDaysFiveSeven

And I used to listen to a lot of jazz.

Debra Wilson

JazzListenUsedLot

You know, you cannot be comfortable on a high heel shoes the way you would be in sneakers. But, you know, not everyone wants to be on sneakers. Sneakers are for different purposes.

Christian Louboutin

ShoesYouSneakersKnowWayHigh

There's no such thing as good or bad dinosaurs. There are predators and prey. The T-Rex in 'Jurassic Park' took human lives and saved them. No one interpreted her as good or bad.

Colin Trevorrow

GoodBadHumanDinosaursPreyPark

I'm all-American. Sexy but not intimidating. Not the kind of woman who's going to steal someone's husband.

Cindy Crawford

WomanHusbandSexySomeoneKind

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